Saturday-Where's the Proof?

On the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, I have pondered what this period of time was like for Jesus' followers.  They had just seen their King do wonderous miracles, preach outstanding and bold messages, and claim to be the Son of God through it all.  Then, they saw the world come in, they saw the wickedness of men appear to have the best of our precious Savior. 

What did the disciples see on this Good Friday?  The defeat of their Savior.  He claimed to be all these amazing things for them...now where's the proof?  He claimed to be the Great Shepherd, the Bread of Life, even the Resurrection and the Life.  Yet, on this day we remember him laying in the tomb.  What went through their minds? 

A good friend of mine made this statement last year, and I'm going to borrow it...we live in this same Saturday.  We wait for Sunday to happen.  Now we see that many times in the Old Testament and even in Jesus life the prophesy of Jesus death had to be fulfilled, and we even know that he said he will rise again. 

But right now, on this Saturday while it's happening...where is the proof?  Yes, he got crushed for our sins and bruised for our iniquities...if you remember he even raised Lazarus from the dead.

The disciples followed him throughout the ministry despite the parables they didn't understand, the messages they didn't reflect on, the miracles they saw but didn't comprehend the meaning...they still knew and believed that Jesus was Lord.  However, when the hardest of hardship came, even when prepared by Jesus, the disciples fled...kept a distance...and mourned the loss of their Savior as if it was for good. 

How depressing this day must have been...

We don't have to live like this.  We don't have to mourn over the death of our Savior, because we know what we celebrate tomorrow.  We don't have to worry about a narrow path that leads unknown, because we know Jesus walked it before us.  We don't have to cry over a hopeless situation, because the Words of Jesus lead us to believe otherwise if we just believe. 

So, when we are stuck in a Saturday, where is the proof?  It is found from the Words of Christ, credible through the miracles, finalized through the cross, and hopeful through the resurrection. 

Remember the promises not yet seen but soon to be fulfilled.

I love you all.